Dewhurst

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and tea party-backed Ted Cruz on Friday brought their battle for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate to the Hill Country, where they emphatically agreed on at least one thing in speeches to a Republican Women of Kerr County luncheon. “Ladies, I love Republican women,” Dewhurst said, citing his wife and […]
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst got an overall good reception from the GOP convention crowd, even though his name was booed a day earlier when Gov. Rick Perry mentioned him. He had a lot of applause lines, and though there were some shouts of “Ted Cruz” and “Cruuuz” at first, they were shushed. House Speaker Joe […]
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Gov. Rick Perry is once again slamming “out-of-state interest groups” backing former solicitor general Ted Cruz in his runoff with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst –this time tweaking Sarah Palin, U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and Rick Santorum by suggesting their states could learn a lot from Texas, but Texas doesn’t need their advice on choosing its […]
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Rep. Sid Miller made a little joke at the forum featuring Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Stephenville – it seems there was an announcement made earlier this week that Tom Cruise was going to be there, so he feared there’d be some disappointment. Turns out, the group almost had to make do without Ted […]
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Despite word from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s senior adviser that former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert is moving on up as a runoff threat, Dewhurst is still focusing his fire on former solicitor general Ted Cruz. Here’s Dewhurst’s latest: It’s similar to other ads we’ve fact-checked. We’ve also explored Cruz’s denial that he’s lead lawyer in […]
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Gov. Rick Perry – identified in his campaign press release by both his state title and as “former 2012 presidential candidate” – weighed in on Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race Monday. Perry endorsed Pete Hegseth, saying he’s got combat experience and a belief in smaller government. Perry said in a statement: “Our country is in trouble […]
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This is going to be fun. Four major candidates for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate will be joined by two Democrats vying for their party’s nomination for job in Houston tonight. It looks to be their last televised forum before the May 29 primary. On the GOP, that’s Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, former Texas […]
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Ads by Ted Cruz: “Conservatives on Dewhurst” and “I’m standing with Cruz” The ads: Include tea party activists and Republican women speaking to the camera. One ad is critical of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. It refers to Dewhurst’s attacks on Cruz over a case in which Cruz is representing, on appeal, a Chinese tire company […]
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst thinks the Shandong Linglong case is a good weapon against Ted Cruz, so he’s not letting up in swinging it. On Wednesday, Dewhurst senior adviser Dave Carney faxed (faxed!) a letter to Cruz asking him how much he or his firm has received from the tire company. The firm for which […]
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is well below the margin he needs to win the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate outright in the May 29 primary, according to a Public Policy Polling poll, and former Texas solicitor general is edging closer. Dewhurst must break 50 percent to avoid a runoff, but the PPP poll shows him […]
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